Τετάρτη, 6 Ιανουαρίου 2016

Silvercrest headphones SKH 60 C1 a tech review

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A friend of me has given several of his headphones
for testing. These blog tests start from this article and
follow for the next two articles. As my friend told me he
bought this headphone from a international hypermarket
chain store with ca 7 Euro price which is still quite cheap .
He provided to me it with its full packing in contrast to the others mentioned
in the next blogs as e.g. with the Tecsun models which were given
unpacked in a plastic bag to me.

It seems that this brand has only one
headphone model. I can't otherwise think model with no product code
mentioned in the carton box.

Its carton box is very nice in a black
mat color. Very nice packing design with main product info in several
languages including German English Bulgarian Croatian Romanian and
Greek. Manufactured in China it is imported via a German company and
distributed (exclusively?) via this German hypermarket you guessed it. Unpacking
it required to remove a plastic adhesive tape and then open a stop
lid to open the main box's carton lid .There was no plastic
bag to contend the earphones inside , but only the headphones which are
included together with the user's manual (not removed from the box
while testing it)

Only in the product guide the code
number is only noticed.

The headphones have a very nice design are
of closed type speakers with very soft plastic cushions to fit over the
ear (circumaural). The top sleeve/ headband have a textured
sleeve to cover the head. It has an adjustable design using a double
metallic rod to fold or unfold the speakers from the top hanger. Speakers ca
even be folded to inside to save it space.

There is also a 3.9
connector socket on the lower part of the left speaker that adds connectivity to a
second head- or ear-phone. The in between cabling is somehow thin
comparing to the system design with the hope that it will not
easily cut, should it come into strong pressure from any external reason.

The headband has a problem. It comes quite
stiff to my head. It is quite tiresome for very long listening. I have to stop
using it after 2 hours of continuous usage.

The cable has an excellent design with textile
casing .outperforming in beauty over most other models which use simple
plastic casing, even for AKG and competing brands. It is 2 mm thick
and 150 cm long as measured that meets the noticed box info. All
cables used in wiring the headphone system have the same kind
textured coating.

Speaker: In the carton box it is noticed that the speaker uses PET 40 membrane,
a micro porous membrane that "meets the best audio
criteria used to introduce outstanding audio quality to your hearing
experience". (This is mine's talking using the language of
advertising)

Usage: In order to listen and make
A/B aural measurements I used a splitter to use a second headphone
and tested it with my AKG K44 headphones.

In order to perform the comparison I used my Bolong radio listening
to a station of ’extended frequency range' i.e. .the highest possible
audible spectrum. This radio has possibly the best and trebliest
sound of all of my radios I have or possess. Only a few FM stations can
qualify this requirement (the highest spectrum). One of them is 104
FM (no ID still known) airing mostly ambient music at the time tested.

These AKG headphones are quite
bassy comparing to my other professional heads as
Sennheiser and Koss and add at least 6 db in the lower frequencies
over the remain. The same happens with the SKH Silvercrest model in terms
of basses they are quite bassy as and very close to AKG's fidelity
and spectrum. Only the in ear phones cannot qualify this demand.

This headphone has very clear audio
as AKG. Compared with my AKG 'bassy' headphones it has
the same audio spectrum in higher frequencies , It cuts the very
low -bassy- frequencies ,giving a sense of 'shifting' bit higher.
Audio level is the same as with the AKG. .Anyway it gets too close with
the fidelity of AKG D66 heads at a portion of
AKG's price (abt Eu35 bought 7 years ago). Important to
notice that in order to listen to the best fidelity
some added volume is required starting from ca 60 db or you wall
not hear the full fidelity or audio to activate the speaker.

My verdict: these headphones excel
in design, component selection and also sound quality for their price
5/5.
Comparing to the AKG headphones they have a very narrow bass cut in
the lower spectrum 4.5/5